Similar nearby schools
Most similar nearby schools
Lifeline Education Charter → Compton High → Compton Community Day High → Compton Unified ROP → Compton Early College High → Centennial High → Lynwood High → California Academy of Mathematics and Science →At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Compton STEP compares for families
What families should know about Compton STEP.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Lifeline Education Charter, Compton High, Compton Community Day High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifeline Education Charter Compton |
Public · charter | 0.8 | 253 | +0.8% |
| Compton High Compton |
Public | 1.1 | 1,438 | +11.5% |
| Compton Community Day High Compton |
Public | 1.3 | 6 | — |
| Compton Unified ROP Compton |
Public | 1.5 | — | — |
| Compton Early College High Compton |
Public | 1.9 | 556 | +2.2% |
| Centennial High Compton |
Public | 2.3 | 908 | -4.5% |
| Lynwood High Lynwood |
Public | 2.3 | 1,858 | -4.8% |
| California Academy of Mathematics and Science Carson |
Public | 2.4 | 673 | +0.9% |
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